Residents, volunteers and public and private -sector officials came together on Labour Day (May 25) to renovate the Rose Heights Community Centre in St. James, which sustained damage during Hurricane Melissa. The Labour Day Parish Project, undertaken at a cost of approximately $3.8 million, included clean-up, roof works and painting of the space that serves more than 17,000 community members....

The Portmore City Municipality has targeted pedestrian safety and improved accessibility for persons with disabilities as its primary focus for Labour Day 2026, through the construction of a sidewalk outside the Municipality Building. The initiative is part of a multi-year infrastructural project to retrofit the municipality with proper pedestrian sidewalks to address a historical design gap. “For the last three...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), and Executive Director at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWA), Audley Gordon, engage in conversation ahead of a tree-trimming exercise at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) on North Street in downtown Kingston on Monday (May 25). The activity was a part of the NSWMA’s Labour Day 2026 project.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Donovan Williams, has emphasised the importance of partnership and collaboration among workers, employers and the Government in cultivating a productive and resilient workforce. “Resilience and productivity… do not happen by chance. Both must be deliberately linked and be built deliberately through partnership, accountability, and investment in people,” he...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, has commended the Government on plans to repeal and replace the Tourism Act, noting that the move presents an opportunity for stronger protections and greater economic inclusion for tourism workers. The Government intends to replace the current legislation with a new Tourism Authority Act that reflects the realities of a modern tourism industry...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is calling on citizens to honour the sacrifices of the nation’s labour heroes by helping to build a fair and inclusive labour environment. He said that the country must never forget the struggles and sacrifices that led to the establishment of workers’ rights and protections in Jamaica. “We must take...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is encouraging Jamaicans to continue honouring the sacrifices of labour pioneers whose struggles helped shape the nation’s modern workforce and industrial relations system. He was speaking during the Aggie Bernard Official Wreath-Laying Ceremony, held at the Aggie Bernard Monument on Port Royal Street in downtown Kingston, on Thursday (May 21)....